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OK, all of you Auckland Club Computer Pilots, here's a challenge.

I recently competed in the pgSim Competition Event, French North Alps Open, and did pretty well even if I do say so myself.

(see the results: http://www.paraglidingearth.com/pgSimCompEvent/events.php?event=3 My id is "Tony Cowley")

Looks like I can fly a Simulation better than the real thing, go figure?

So here's the challenge.

There's a new comp starting next week, Flying In Greece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y&feature=related

Red Bull allows yet another to live the dream.

Crazy looking Cloud...

http://www.redbull.ca/cs/Satellite/en_CA/Article/Jon-Durand-rides-the-morning-glory-clouds-021242782322664

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8391000/8391345.stm

Twitter sms announcing a hive of paragliding activity for labour weekend with guys heading out to Paeroas, few for towing in Te Aroha, ever present Kario and Moirs also working for remaining in auckland, being a committed family man I could afford only one day outing so selected Moirs.

Another family man Wayne was game for it and so we picked Saturday and headed out to launch at 10am. With labour weekend traffic to encounter made to the hill by 12 noon.

Just if you wonder what I do when I don't fly...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603649&pnum=0

A number of years ago I listened to hang glider pilot Carl Driesen describe how by ‘joining the dots’ it may be possible to fly 100km in Auckland. Several years later a lot of us listened in awe of how he completed his flight from Muriwai to Mercer, just short of 100km. My thought at the time was there was no way an Auckland paraglider could do anything similar without committing time to a trip to Hawkes Bay or further afield.

Took a few pix whilst I was Para-waiting yesterday.

Dills Pix - 22/3

Crusty HG pilots struggling with technologyAfter missing out the previous weekend as HG league was postponed, don't ask me why, and making some bad calls weather-wise prior to that, I was desperately keen to get in some thermal flying. League was called for Kaimais and weather forecast looked good.

Paeroa briefing

Raglan Harbour At the AGM on Friday night, several of us thought that the forecast looked promising for the following day and decided Pukemore was a good option.

The morning's forecast seemed to differ a little from the previous evening, with more of an easterly wind swinging to the northeast as the day went on. Pukemore was still our target. A quick check of the site record showed Russell Read had flown 61Km on 06.02.99 - about time we updated that one, I thought.